Apparatus for preparing milk or cream for testing.



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APPARATUS FOR PREPARING MILK 0R CREAM FOR TESTING. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1914.

1,147,624. Patented July 20, 1915.

v 2 SHE ETS-SHEET I. @j- I 6 WI T/VESSES A ITORA/EYS H. EBE.

APPARATUS FOR PREPARING MILK 0R CREAM FOR TESTING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. I914.

1,147,624, Patented July 20, 1915.

2 SHEETS- H A 3 8 E12 W/ Til/E8858 IIVVE/VTOR Eiaeri E56 Arm/Mrs 1 san HUBERT EBB, or PASO aortas, CALIFORNIA.

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.AIEPARA'IUS FOR PREPARING MILK B CREAM FOR LITESTING.;

1,147,624. specificationofneaersratent-\ Patented July 20,1915.

Application filed June 29, 1914; serialn 547,859. i

To all whom it may concern: 7 A seriesof holders 19 is provided to re- Be it known that I, HUBERT EBE, a sub ceive test bottles as hereinafter explained, ject of the Emperor of Germany, at present said holders being pivotally mounted on residing in Paso Robles, in the county of studs 20 projecting from arms 21, which 6O 5 San Luis Obispo, State of California,United in turn are secured to an annular series of States of America, have invented a new and pinions'22 in mesh with the gear wheel 12.

Improved Apparatus for Preparing vMilk The pinions 22turn-on the reduced upper or Cream for Testing, of which the followends 2% of fixed pins 23 on the base 10, and

ing is a full, clear, and exact description. the arms 21 may be secured on thereduced 10 7 My invention relates to an apparatus for endsof the pins 23 by nuts 25, and connected adding an acid to milk or cream for testing. .with the pinions 22, to rotate with the latter It is important that the cream or. milk be by means of screws or pins 26. It will thus gradually and cautiously mixed with the be seen that the holders 19 revolve about acid, and it is a prime object of my inthe pins 23 as an axis, and are also free to vention to provide for mechanically impartturn on their own pivots 20. ing the necessary motion to the test bottle To hold the cream or milk bottles 29 in or tube to effect the mixing in a thorough the holders 20, the latter, in the illustrated and proper manner. example, have upright pins 27, and around It is a further object of my invention to each-set of pins is a resilientv annulus 28, provide an apparatus of the character dewhich may consist of a rubber ring or an scribed, in which a series of milk bottles will annular spring coil. be accommodated, and receive an equal The test bottle .29 has an .elongated neck amount of acid. i 30, the upper end of which is adapted to be Further objects ofthe invention are, to held in clips 31 supported on the offset ends provide for supplying the acid in a conor arms 32 of a spider 32. It willbe obvenient manner; and to promote convenience served that the, clips 31 for holding'the upw and efficiency in general in apparatus of the per endsof the bottle. necks are 'out of verindicated. character. a p k tical alinement with the pivots 20 of the The invention will be particularly exholders 19,.the said clips being closer to plained in the specific description followthe center of the pins 23, so, that asthe h0ld ing. I 1 ers19 and-the bodies of the bottles 20are re- Reference is to behad to the accompanyvolved about the pins 23, a thorough shaking drawings forming a part of this specifiing Will be, given the b0 1 w cation, in which similar charactersof ref- The'arms 32 are formed on the upper 35 erence indicate corresponding parts in all side with acid grooves covered with acidthe views. l v i I proof material 34:,said, grooves leading ou t- Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparatus wardly to a position to conduct acid tothe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enbottle necks. On the spider 32 radially in- 40 ing the necks of the cream or milk bottles; receptacles 33 are provided, having trun- Fig. 3 is a vertical section; and Fig. L is a .nions, 35 resting in brackets 36 at theinner detail in horizontal section on the line 4-4 ends of the arms 32%.; The trunnions 35 are of Fig. 3. j above the horizontal center of the measuring In constructing a practical embodiment of receptacles 33, so that the center of gravity 45 the invention as illustrated, a base or stand will be below the trunnions'.v In order to 10. is provided, having a standard 11 which tilt all the acid receptacle 33 simultanereceives a. gear wheel 12, said wheel. resting ously, cordsor other flexible elements 37 con;

on a shoulder 13 of they standard 11. A nect with hooks 33 onbands 33". secured to pinion v15 meshes with. a circular rack 14: said receptacles, and the inner endsfof said 50 on the under sideof the gear wheel 12, for cords are connected with an annular series turning the latter, said pinion being mountof hooks 39 on a collar38,-said collar. having ed ona horizontal shaft 16, which may have vertical sliding movement on a sleeve 40,

a bearing at the inner end in the standard which carries the spider 32 whichis adjust- 11, and in a bearing 17 near the outer end, ably received on the upper end of'thespin- 11o 5 motion being imparted to the shaft in any dle= 11.. f I, I

suitable manner, as by a crank handle 18. Iwould here explainthat the sleeve iO and larged sectional plan view of means for holdwardfrom the acid grooves, acid; measuring 95 30 with acid 35 plied to each receptacle.

40 the acid 50 47, the hub 47 60 ports 19 to turn 5 it being understood that testing bottles for cream have longer necks than similar bottles employed for testing milk.

In order to provide for supplying acid to the various acid receptacles 33, a table 42 is formed on the upper end of the sleeve 40,

and receives an acid container 43, provided near the bottom with an annular series of faucets 44, there being a faucet for each receptacle If less than the total number of the acid receptacle 33 is being used, then only those faucets relating to the receptacles to be used are maintained open, the cooks of the other acid faucets being closed. A cover 45 on the acid container 43 has adepending cylindrical body 45*, at the interior of the receptacle, and the lower edge of said cylindrical body 45 is adapted to open or close the inner ends of the faucets 44. A

simple opening in the cover 45 is closed by a plug 4 In operation, the desired complement of test bottles 29 having been secured in position, and the cooks leading to the receptacles 33 being opened, the container 43 is charged by removing the plug 46. The cap is then unscrewed sufliciently to permit the acid to flow through the faucets 44 to the receptacles 33, and it will be obvious that an equal quantity of acid is thus sup- The sliding collar 38 is then moved downwardly on the sleeve 40, to exert a pull simultaneously on all the cords 37, whereby to tilt the acid receptacles 33, and thus pour the acid therefrom into grooves 34, from which the acid will flow into the bottle necks 30. In order that the acid be caused to wash down any particles of milk or cream adhering to the necks of the bottles, it is important to agi- 45 tate the bottles simultaneously with the pouring in of the acid, and for this purpose I provide an auxiliary means for manually turning the several bottle holders 29. The said additional means consists of a disk of which loosely fits the spindle 11 and may be made fast to said spindle by a set screw 48. Ordinarily the disk 47 is held by the set screw. 48 in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and

will have no action. Upon the set screw 48 being loosened the disk 47 may be lowered onto the boss 12 of gear wheel 12, in which position the said disk frictionally engages at its periphery with the several bottle supthe latter on their own axes only, the disk 12 and pinions 21 remaining idle. Said disk 47 is provided with knobs 49, either of which may be grasped by the operator with one hand, while with the other .5 hand he pulls downwardly on the collar 38,

for tilting the acid receptacles 33. It will thus be seen that the auxiliary actuating de vice 47, being directly located beneath the collar 38, the acid may be poured with perfect caution, and at the same time the desired agitating motion imparted to the bottles. The acid having been thus added, the continued and more vigorous mixing is effected by turning the shaft 16 through its crank handles 18, after which the milk can be subjected to the usual tests.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An apparatus comprising a series of bottle holders, means to simultaneously revolve the holders bodily about separate axes, relatively fixed means above each holder and approximately in line with its axis of revolution to hold the neck of a bottle, a series of receptacles mounted to tilt and support ed adjacent to the respective neck-holding means, a series of members presenting grooves between the receptacles and the neck-holding means, means for simultaneously tilting the said receptacles, a container common to the several receptacles, and means on said container to discharge its contents to the several receptacles.

2. An apparatus comprising an annular series of bottle holders, means to revolve the holders bodily about separate axes, an an nularseries of relatively fixed neck-holding means disposed above the bottle holders and approximately in line with the axes of revolution of said holders, an annular series of receptacles adjacent to the neck-holding means, means for tilting the receptacles, and means for causing the contents of the receptacles to be held by the said neck-holding means.

3. An apparatus comprising an annular series of bottle holders, pinions on which said holders are mounted to one side of the axes of the pinions, a gear wheel meshing with the several pinions, and means above the said bottle holders to hold the necks of bottles.

4. An apparatus comprising a series of bottle holders, means to revolve the bottle holders bodily about separate axes, and an auxiliary manually-controlled means to revolve said holders on their own axes.

5. An apparatus comprising an annular series of bottle holders, a series of pinions each mounting a bottle holder to revolve the holder bodily about the axis of the pinion, means for holding the tops of the necks of the bottles approximately coaxial with the pinions, a gear wheel meshing with the said pinions, an auxiliary manually controlled means for turning the said gear wheel, an-

annular series of receptacles mounted totilt and dlsposed adJacent to the said neck-holdmg means, means to conduct a fluid from poured into the bottle necks the receptacles to bottle necks held in the said neck-holding means, flexible elements connected with the said receptacles to tilt the same, and a vertically slidable operating device connected with the said flexible elements and disposed above the said auxiliary operating means for the gear wheel.

6. An apparatus comprising revolubly mounted bottle holders presenting upwardlyprojecting, bottle-engaging members, and a resilient annulus on said elements.

7. An apparatus comprising an annular series of bottle holders, means for revolving said bottle holders bodily about separate axes, an annular series of receptacles above the bottle holders, said receptacles being mounted to tilt, means common to all the receptacles, for tilting the same simultaneously, and means for conducting fluid from the receptacles to points to enter bottles held on the said holders.

8. An apparatus comprising a standard, an annular series of bottle holders disposed around said standard, means for revolving said bottle holders, an annular series of tilting receptacles above the bottle holders, means for tilting said receptacles simultaneously, said means comprising a collar.

slidable on the said standard, and flexible elements connected with said collar and with the respective receptacles.

9. An apparatus comprising a base having a standard, an annular series of bottlehold- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ers disposed around said standard, means for imparting revoluble movement to said holders, receptacles for supplying a fluid to bottles held on said holders, means for delivering fluid from the receptacles to the bottles, and a container supported on the said standard and having means to deliver fluid to the several receptacles.

10. An apparatus comprising an. annular series of bottle holders, means for revolvingv the holders bodily about separate axes, an

annular series of means above said holders to engage the necks of the bottles, avertically adjustable member carrying the said neck-holding means, and means for supplying fluid to the bottles held by the said frictionally engage the bottle holders or out of operative relation to said holders.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. HUBERT EBE.

Witnesses: W. F. SELLARS,

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents,

Washington, D. G. 

